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"boy" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often lad (3 letters).
Definitions
A male child or young male person.
Word origin
From Middle English boy /boye (“servant, commoner, knave, boy”), from Old English *bōia (“boy”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōjō, from Proto-Germanic *bōjô (“younger brother, young male relation”), from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“brother, close male relation”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰā-, *bʰāt- (“father, elder brother, brother”).
Used in a sentence
“Kieran plays football with other boys in his school.”
“The ſtretes of the cite alſo ſhalbe full of yonge boyes and damſelles, playnge vpon the ſtretes.”
“I find I was mistaken in the sex, it is a boy.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues
01“Lad”3 letters
02“Male youngster”3 letters
03“Young fellow”3 letters
04“Young lad”3 letters
05“Young male child”3 letters
06“Young son, perhaps”3 letters
07“Young male”3 letters
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